(AFIT) at Wright-Patterson AFB. The Edwin E. Aldrin Sr. Award is presented to an AFIT graduate for leadership and accomplishing AFIT's educational objectives in an outstanding manner. He was the father of astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Early life

Edwin Eugene (Gene) Aldrin Sr., was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on 12 April 1896. His parents were both Swedish: his father, Karl Johan Aldrin (1866-1932),

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